Preoperative Breathing Exercise Training and Postoperative Delirium After Robotic Radical Prostatectomy

Official record

Identifier

NCT07766603

Recruiting locations

country

Turkey (Türkiye)

Interventions studied

Preoperative Deep Breathing Exercise Training

Lead sponsor

ALİ DEMİRTAŞ

Target enrolment

50 participants

Study type

INTERVENTIONAL

Phase

Not applicable

Status

Not yet recruiting

First posted

Aug 14, 2026

Last updated on the registry

Aug 14, 2026

Age

40 Years

Sex

MALE

Study contact

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Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria:

* Male patients aged 40 years or older.
* Scheduled to undergo elective robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) at -Akdeniz University Hospital.
* Able to communicate and suitable for preoperative and postoperative -cognitive/delirium assessment using the 4AT and Nu-DESC.
* Able and willing to provide written informed consent.
* Availability of clinical follow-up data during the first 48 postoperative hours.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Refusal to participate or withdrawal of informed consent.
* History of delirium, severe dementia, severe cognitive impairment, or an active neurological disorder that would interfere with delirium assessment.
* Active psychosis, severe psychiatric disease, or use of psychoactive medication that could substantially affect cognitive assessment.
* Level of consciousness not allowing assessment, or severe hearing or speech impairment preventing adequate communication.
* Emergency surgery or failure to complete the planned procedure as robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.
* Inability to complete the postoperative 4AT and/or Nu-DESC assessments or substantial missing data affecting the primary analysis.
* Inability to tolerate the breathing exercises or insufficient home exercise adherence/follow-up data for the planned analysis.

Indexed under

Prostate Cancer